Shock absorber and buffer



'ocf. 25, 1927. '1,646,518

w. BARBER SHQCK ABSORB-ER AND BUFFER FledvMarch 29.l 1924 2 Sheets-She# '1 I F7, I

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/l o 3 /4 I O Snom/woz man Patented Oct. 25, 1927.y

WILLIAM BARBER, OF BROOKLYN, NRW YORK] iltsi f sHOOK ABsoRBER AND BUFFER Application flied March 29,Y 1924. serial No. 702,722.

This Ainvention relates to improvements vin buffersA and' shock absorbers, and is in part a continu'ation'ot my pending application Serial No. 454,397,iled March 22, 1921, and

devised andV4 are'y in extensive use, but, so far 60 patented December 29, 1925, as No. 1,567 ,781.

Y The robjectsV of my invention include the4 provision of a combined shock absorberjand bufferl whichis simple in structure, economical to V'm-aiiuacture, efficient in'operation and readily attached to varying types of cars without the necessity lof drilling` holes in either the carlor thebiiffer. I

V Another Objectv includesthe provision o a shock 'absorbing device which willk absorb the ordinary vertical jars and V rebound` shocks dueto the operationv of the carover rough places. v

Another object includes the provisionl of i a device vofthe nature' indicated vwhich will i' tached. l

r which constitute a buffer to take and absorb the ini-- pactof a collision.`

Other objects will appear hereinafter, and I attain these` objects by the device illustrated in. the accompanying drawings, in

Fig. 1"-is a planview of my device, at-y Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof taken on line'2'-2 AOt Fig. 1 and showing the mannerf of attachment to the parts of acar. 'Fig'. '3 is an'endfview ot one of the buffer Fig. 5 is a top view ofthe holder shown inFig-3.V f'

Fig. '6 is a section'talren Online 6ft-Clot Fig, 3.

' Fi-gy? is al view in` elevati'mA the hufer holding bar.

buffer holding blank.

Fig. 9 is a view of one end'ofthe buffer illustrating the: told or turn.

LikeY numerals 'refer toV similarl "parts throughout the several iviews,

According to modern automobile practice,';v

it is the custom .to equip the machine with buffers or enders,'sometimes on the front, sometimes at theV rear, and sometimesat bothY rontand rear, the purpose and unction'fof which` are yto take the Yinitial shock Vof. colli-rv sion' and absorb the same,.ther e by preventing orv reducinglinjury to` the more vital part-S Qf'thmachme f Fig. 8 is'v af view in fperspective loftheV 'It is also commonv to employ.y shock absorbing devices between the body of the'car and its supporting chassis or trame.`

Various orrns of these devices havfebeeir as I am aware, suchl devices, as heretoforeproposed and used, have beenwhollyindependent: Offench other, and each is usually'. regarded as an auxiliary device, any 'one or n more or all ot them to be obtained and'apy i plied, or omitted, according to the tastes and desires of individual car owners, andtheir abilityto purchase kandpayV :tor'the saine.

of the regular equipmentof the car.-And

where suchdevices do net formpart ofthe' 75 car equipment when the carv is purchased,

vwhich is the most commonpractice, "and have to be purchased separately and applied to the car by the individual ca r owner, the

cost often is regarded., as too greata burden, 80 'I' withthe result that many car owners fail to equip theircars with such .devices and con`-l seq'uently tail torealize'the protection, ease and comfort which such devices afford]y Y It is among the specialpur'pose'sfoflmy in- 85 vention to Aprovidea single stri'icture which .combines within vitselifthe -unctions of -a H ,buffer or fender" and of a shock absorber, andV whichffcan "be` quickly and -readilyap-1. plied to (or. removed from) the chassis lOrino 5 automobile supporting trame? .as fan 4entity bolts. orv -fasteningclamps'- withoutrthe necessity of .drilling 'holes' for InA carryingiout myv invention, I propose v to construct aiframework preferablyof sheet d5` ;y steel stamping's, and whichfpossessesades] I. sirable resiliency, notnonly toserveasaj f ender or buffer incasel ofcollision but lalso1 to take [and absorb the shocksland,vibrations'y Adue to the canoper'ation; This :trameQin'z'iy'r ico 'Y be mounted for use either at the fronti or r rear end,1or at both en`ds; off thefcar, and inv such relation-tothe carbodyl and its sup-V porting :trame or chassis', lto'which#thefde-.lr

vice `is connected, asf to 4occupy the positiiinl 105,

ordinarily .occupiedvbybutfer or `fender de-A 1 f vices at present in use.'-TInother words,` the l y frame ofthe combined device of' my 'inven tion is` connected tof andi-supported upon lI the' automobile to I extend' transversely :across no' silient frame member having one of its ends Athe other to the axle housing of the car, a

attached to the frame of a car and the other vto lthe car axle, and a member extending from said resilient frame member for at taching a buffer member.

5. In a combin-ed buffer and shock absorbing attachment for automobiles, a pair of resilient U-shaped members, each having one extremity'attached to the car frame and the other to the running gear of the car, and an intermediate member for carrying a buffer.

6. In a combined buffer andv shock absorbing attachment for automobiles, a pair of resilient U-shaped members, each having o-ne extremity attached to the car frame andthe other to the axle housing of the car, a second resilient member vattached to -each of `said U-shaped members at its U-bend, said second resilient members terminating in holding devices for carrying'a buffer. n

7 In a combined buffer and shock absorbing attachment for automobiles, a pair of resilient U-shaped members, each having one lextremity attached to the car frame and second resilient member attached to each ff said U-shaped members at a point intermediate the'ends, and a single uniform ribbon folded buffer member clamped on to said second resilient member. v

8. A combined buffer and shock absorbing attachment for automobiles, which includes a vflexible U-shaped framework having one end attached to the car frame and the other to the spring clevis of the car axle housing, abufler carrying yresilient frame having one end attached tothe flexible U-shaped framey and providing shock recoil'resistance for 9. A combined buffer anv attachment .for automobiles, which includes 4a iexibleframework having means for at-v taching the same respectively to the car frame and to the car axle and housing, and

l anintermediately attached resilient frame for lsupporting a buffer, said frame serving also to resist the 'recoil of the car body.l

i Shock aioserbingV curing members for [carrier frame.

cludes a flexible framework having ymeans for attaching the same respectively to the car frame and to the running gear, and an auxiliaryspring member to supplement the resiliency ofthe framework in resisting the relative movement of the car body and frame. Y Y

11. A combined buffer ,and shock absorbing attachment for automobiles, which includes a flexible framework having 4means 'i for attaching the same respectively to the carv frame and to the car axle and housing, and an auxiliary spring member carried by each flexible framework, and -a buffer having a ribbon fold at either endcarried by said aux! iliary spring member. Y n l Y 12. A combined resilinetl buffer carrier and shock absorber comprising a plurality of U-shaped resilient members clamped together and having free ends for carrying a bilder on the one hand, anden the other for atytaching to the parts of an automobile to limit the vertical movements of the `car body and car wheels. f

13. In ka combined ried on said main spring member to form're.-

inforcing members on the one hand andto` ends fastened to separate parts of an automobile, a plurality of auxiliaryplates carried on said mam springpmemberto form reiny l forcing members on the one .hand and to serve'asbuifer carriers on the other, clampv members on the buffer carriers, 'andbuffer members secured to said carriersv byv said l clamp members.

' 15. A lamp `member for securingibuffer bars on tothe carrier frame, comprising a flat stamping of tapered" form, fhavingspacing ears'lborderedby buffer seats, and outer `serv n wedgingly Vengaging the Iny testimony where f Ihave. hereunto set my hand on buffer Vand shock "ab: sorber, a main springv memberl having its. Y. ends fastened to separate'parts of an ,auto-j 'l mobile, a plurality of yauxiliary plates'canl A. this 22nd day of March- D., v. V 1 Y VwirLimaBalneari. 

